About a month or so ago I began hearing a song on the radio that not only stood out to me but brought me to tears. In case you were wondering, that doesn’t happen often. The song is More Beautiful You by Jonny Diaz.
Even though the song talks about younger girls, through my conversations with many moms I have come to realize that so many of us are quite possibly more uncomfortable with how we look and/or fit in now than when we were teens.
The changes in our lives physically and every other way are so profound as a mom. I think that many of you will easily relate to this song…and maybe, just maybe you will be brought to tears as well. I encourage you to watch the video…
There could never be a more beautiful you
Don’t buy the lies disguises and hoops they make you jump through
You were made to fill a purpose that only you could do
So there could never be a more beautiful you
The last verse is so profound for those who feel that they have simply have reached the end of their rope trying to fit into our society’s version of beautiful and “complete”! I encourage you to let that part wash over you!
So turn around, you’re not too far
To back away, be who you are
To change your path, go another way
It’s not too late you can be saved
If you feel depressed with past regrets
The shameful nights, hope to forgets
Can disappear, they can all be washed away
By the one who’s strong, can right your wrongs
Can rid your fears, dry all your tears
And change the way you look at this big world
He will take your dark distorted view
And with His light He will show you truth
And again you’ll see through the eyes of a little girl
A couple of weeks ago, I penned this post for all of you as I sat in the car waiting for my 13 year old to finish football practice. When I returned home, I noticed that I had an email with the same title as this song…I kid you not, my mouth fell open and I said “NO way!!!”.
It was a PR representative asking if I would like to offer copies of this CD for my readers to enter to win. It was absolutely one of those moments! Timing truly is everything, and His timing is perfect isn’t it? Well, He knows it is even when we don’t.
I love this CD and I was surprised to discover that it is Jonny Diaz’ fourth album, and I plan to search out his earlier ones as well. I truly enjoyed so many of the songs on More Beautiful You. My favorite two are the title song and Waiting Room (wonderful song)! I encourage you to pick up this CD for yourself. If you happen to be going to a Mercy Me concert, he’s currently opening for them on tour. Be sure to visit his website for more information!
As I mentioned earlier, they are offering a giveaway of this CD here at A Frog In My Soup. Not one CD, but FIVE (5)! Yes, five of you will have the opportunity to win this CD for yourselves! To enter, please leave a comment telling me what you liked about this song.!
There are some great extra entry opportunities as well of course, feel free to take advantage of all of the entries for as many chances to win as possible.…Just be sure to leave a NEW comment with each entry…:
- Become a Facebook Fan of A Frog In My Soup!!!
- Tweet It: Just tweet this giveaway with a link to this post and make sure your comment has your twitter handle in it.
- Blog It: Write a post about this giveaway (with a link to this post of course) on your own blog, make sure your comment has a link to your post.
- Stumble It, Kirtsy It, Digg It, Submit to Mommy Blips: Submit this giveaway to any of these sites and earn an extra entry for each one…and make sure your comment has your Username.
It is void where prohibited, be sure to read my giveaway policies here. Be sure to enter by October 20th, 2009. This giveaway is open to US addresses only.
Disclosure: I always give honest and forthright reviews and will not present something that poses a conflict of interest &/or that I do not like. I received a copy of the More Beautiful You CD in order to listen to it and present the review. You can read my full disclosure policy here.
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October 9th, 2009 at 11:32 pm 1
Hi, What a fabulous sounding CD. Very inspirational! I am a fan of your Facebook
Page. Many thanks, Cindi
October 9th, 2009 at 11:36 pm 2
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Again, many thanks…..Cindi
October 9th, 2009 at 11:39 pm 3
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http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/afroginmysoup.com/2009/10/more-beautiful-you-giveaway/.
Cindi
October 10th, 2009 at 6:23 pm 4
I love the message of this song and I always sing along when it comes on the radio.
October 11th, 2009 at 10:13 am 5
The lyrics are beautiful.
October 11th, 2009 at 11:08 am 6
It sounds so inspirational
October 12th, 2009 at 8:10 pm 7
softly inspirational
October 15th, 2009 at 11:18 am 8
I like to listen to an acoustic guitar troubadour with a smooth voice. Please accept my entry. Thank you.
October 16th, 2009 at 9:18 pm 9
tune was pretty good, the makeup and retouching was silly
October 18th, 2009 at 5:37 pm 10
I tells me to never give up, its never the end of the road if you make the right choice
October 18th, 2009 at 5:38 pm 11
a Facebook Fan of A Frog In My Soup!!!
October 18th, 2009 at 5:48 pm 12
I liked the length of the song.
October 18th, 2009 at 9:18 pm 13
I like that he makes the effort to reach out to young children with such a positive message. Kids really do listen, and this song is written and sung beautifully.
Thank you!
October 19th, 2009 at 3:59 am 14
It is very inspirational.
October 19th, 2009 at 6:55 am 15
I absolutely love the message of this song. I have heard it quite a bit on KLOVE but it was only recently that I actually listened to the lyrics. I can definitely relate as the mom of three girls (one of whom is a teenager.)
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October 19th, 2009 at 6:57 am 16
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October 19th, 2009 at 1:22 pm 17
What a great review you wrote! I agree with you that being uncomfortable with appearance isn’t limited to the teen years. I’m an older (well, pretty much oldEST) mom and I’m always conscious of the fact that my “experience” is written all over my face and body compared to the mothers of my daughter’s friends. I remind myself that true beauty IS on the inside and it lies in being a child of God. That said, I still check out the botox options and wonder if it wouldn’t be a good idea. Ugh, I need to Let Go, Let God design me. I like that the song lyrics reflect those thoughts. Thanks for telling me about it!
October 19th, 2009 at 1:22 pm 18
I’m a facebook fan!
October 19th, 2009 at 1:25 pm 19
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October 19th, 2009 at 1:25 pm 20
blogged http://giveawaysonblogs.blogspot.com/2009/10/ends-102009.html
October 19th, 2009 at 1:28 pm 21
Stumbled – mom2maya.
October 19th, 2009 at 1:30 pm 22
Kirtsy’d I’m mom2maya
October 19th, 2009 at 1:32 pm 23
Submitted to mommy blips – mom2maya
October 19th, 2009 at 1:32 pm 24
Nice groove, with a kind of John Mayer feel!
October 19th, 2009 at 5:46 pm 25
love the message of the song
October 19th, 2009 at 10:09 pm 26
I love this song I listen to my local station 104.7 the fish and they play this song all the time. Thanks for the giveaway
sharr122 at yahoo dot com
October 19th, 2009 at 10:11 pm 27
Iam a friend on facebook. Thanks for the giveaway
October 20th, 2009 at 4:45 am 28
Song was very inspiraational to me. Overall great beat.
October 20th, 2009 at 4:46 am 29
facebook fan
rich hicks
October 20th, 2009 at 4:47 am 30
stumbled
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October 20th, 2009 at 4:48 am 31
tweeted
http://twitter.com/Ardy22/status/5016823830
October 20th, 2009 at 4:57 am 32
I love the positive message of the song. I have 2 teenage daughters, and I hate the messages they get from society about “beauty”
October 20th, 2009 at 4:58 am 33
facebook fan of frog in my soup (Anne J.)
October 20th, 2009 at 4:59 am 34
tweeted:
http://twitter.com/lunaj1456/status/5016978043
October 20th, 2009 at 6:03 am 35
I love that it is encouraging to never give up if you’re at the end of your rope.
October 20th, 2009 at 6:05 am 36
facebook fan-gloria mckellar
October 20th, 2009 at 6:06 am 37
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tweeted
October 20th, 2009 at 6:08 am 38
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October 20th, 2009 at 7:31 am 39
the lyrics of the song are awesome
October 20th, 2009 at 7:32 am 40
facebook fan
tony l smoaks
October 20th, 2009 at 1:39 pm 41
It is fantastic to hear a song telling someone they are perfect how they are… having a young daughter, this song meant a lot, because I know there is a lot of pressure from the media, and its great to have a positive message! Thanks for the chance to win!
October 20th, 2009 at 1:44 pm 42
I like the great lyrics
October 21st, 2009 at 1:24 am 43
I liked the lyrics and thought they were very interesting.
October 21st, 2009 at 1:31 am 44
I became your Facebook fan.
October 22nd, 2009 at 10:18 pm 45
I liked the beautiful, hope-filled lyrics and would love to hear this whole cd.
October 23rd, 2009 at 7:57 am 46
I found it uplifting and soothing